Teaching Assistantships Requirements and Policies for Doctoral Candidates
As part of the educational requirements of the Ph.D. program,
students must act as Teaching Assistants (TAs) for two semesters
in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering courses
(ChBE) offered during the academic year. While ChBE TA opportunities
exist during the summer sessions and Department of Chemistry TA positions are normally available to Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
graduate students, these TA positions are to be used by M.S.
and more senior Ph.D. program students as an alternate or
supplemental means of support and not as part of the educational
requirement.
This TA policy was created to distribute the TA duties as uniformly as possible among the graduate students in the Ph.D. program. Furthermore, this policy is intended to improve the educational value of the TA assignments by promoting better coordination of the TA assignments thought the academic year (see the advisor/TA assignment selection form for more information), making better use of the mid-term student feedback on the TAs, and involving the TAs in longer-term Department undergraduate educational initiatives.
